Arun 795 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 Google on Wednesday threw another bone to customers of Gmail, its free Web-based e-mail service. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company now allows people to download e-mail from any third-party account or forward their Gmail for free, or what's called POP (Post Office Protocol) access. "The Gmail Team is excited to announce that, over the next several weeks, we are introducing POP access to all of our users. To make sure the feature is fully stable, we're giving users access to POP in phases. Once POP access is available to you, a 'New Features!' link appears at the top of your account, along with a 'Forwarding and POP' tab on your 'Settings' page." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niket 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 Gr8 Gr8 news on Diwali for gmail account holders Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 They should have provided IMAP access instead of POP3. But still it is great news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 There is a program called 'Pop Goes the Gmail' for accessing GMAIL thru POP3 Clients. Has some one tried it.. Its available from http://jaybe.org/downloads.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 That has been already discussed here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmanJ 1 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 today ot was reported on CNBC that gmail will soon introduce access of Gmail service thru email clients like outlook express Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beetle 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 There is a program called 'Pop Goes the Gmail' for accessing GMAIL thru POP3 Clients. Has some one tried it..Its available from http://jaybe.org/downloads.htm 18777[/snapback] Think Gmail has fixed that. I am not able to use PGTGM since a few days. Gmail was also down for maintenance three days ago to fix some security concerns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vishal Gupta 4 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 G-Mail Lage Raho!!! gr8 Diwali GIFT! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 wow! This is really cool. I was waiting to use evolution and now I finally can! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2004 1 GB space may be hurting Google now... They want users to download the mails now so that they can save on disk space.... Nice idea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utsav 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2004 But GMails kills the layout buy segregating embedded images from emails Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jusmail 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2004 There is a program called 'Pop Goes the Gmail' for accessing GMAIL thru POP3 Clients. Has some one tried it..Its available from http://jaybe.org/downloads.htm 18777[/snapback] Think Gmail has fixed that. I am not able to use PGTGM since a few days. Gmail was also down for maintenance three days ago to fix some security concerns. 18785[/snapback] Also, I believe, one needs to have the dot-net software to get that program to run. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iiii_pretender_iiii 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2004 (edited) 1Â GBÂ space may be hurting Google now... They want users to download the mails now so that they can save on disk space.... Nice idea 18902[/snapback] Gmail has no problems with space buddy... Pop is just another feature they have implemented. If you look closely, You'll find that, Even if you download your mail to your local pc, theres a option to leave a copy in your mailbox. If gmail was short on space, they would not have given you this option. Also, Gmail still offers this service, There is no question of "Fixing" it, EEPROM Its a service they are providing, so why will they fix it. lol Also, Why are you guys going for all these cheap softwares PGTG and stuff. Use THUNDERBIRD which is supported as a mail client by gmail itself. I've been using it and had no problems so far... Good luck... Edited November 14, 2004 by iiii_pretender_iiii Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2004 deepu_vk: did you know the people at google only employ people with Ph.Ds so those guys have a lot of brains If they werent capable of giving you 1GB, unlike reliance, they wouldnt have . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utsav 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2004 Have they started this POP service yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 (edited) If you look closely, You'll find that, Even if you download your mail to your local pc,theres a option to leave a copy in your mailbox. If gmail was short on space, they would not have given you this option. Also, Why are you guys going for all these cheap softwares PGTG and stuff. Use THUNDERBIRD which is supported as a mail client by gmail itself. I've been using it and had no problems so far... Leaving a copy on server is not a feature given by GMAIL.. Its a feature present on mail client like Outlook/Thunderbird you are using... If GMail does have no space problems then why are they not offering IMAP protocol instead of POP3. Can you tell me how to use Gmail with Thunderbird!!! LinuxGuy: Its not just people with Phd who have brains. Does the guy who started google has PHd. Does Mr. Bill Gates has PHd. Edited November 15, 2004 by deepu_vk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beetle 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 (edited) Also, Gmail still offers this service, There is no question of "Fixing" it, EEPROMÂ Its a service they are providing, so why will they fix it. lol [/size][/color][/b] 18993[/snapback] Pretender, nothing is SERVICE. Gmail is commercial, and they have ads near your inbox. Its like a MNC, calling itself a NPO, but paying its Chairman (also read Owner) in crores, as salary. I meant they fixed a security bug a few days ago, and since then I could not use PGTGM, dont know why? Thanks for the tip about Thunderbird. Edited November 15, 2004 by EEPROM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 (edited) Try FreePops also http://freepops.sourceforge.net/ It also supports Gmail I tried it and it works fine and its fast too. Edited November 15, 2004 by deepu_vk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beetle 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 Try FreePops also http://freepops.sourceforge.net/It also supports Gmail 19064[/snapback] What the settings for Thunderbird? Pop and Smtp server. Free Pops, I tried that a few months back, Email service providers working on "Squirrel mail" worked fine, I could not get Gmail to work on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 I tried FreePops today its working fine... First run FreePops Then In OutlookExpress set the POP3 server as localhost and port as 2000 Give the user name in xxxx@gmail.com format.. It should work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 EEPROM see these images. I am downloading mails use Outlook Express from Gmail with freepops. Property page of one email send to my gmail id. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beetle 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 Yup..!! Works. Just remember to set the TIME OUT to five minutes, because it needs the time (to authenticate and begin downloading). This is a great one, few months ago, the pluggins had to be copied mannually and was a pain, now it is bundled. Great work.! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beetle 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 BUMP: Hey thanks man. Deepu our posts coincided. Thank you very much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 Here I am having the timeout to default level and it works fine for me. Perhaps because I am using office internet which is faster and doesn't need the time out to be increased.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iiii_pretender_iiii 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 If you look closely, You'll find that, Even if you download your mail to your local pc,theres a option to leave a copy in your mailbox. If gmail was short on space, they would not have given you this option. Also, Why are you guys going for all these cheap softwares PGTG and stuff. Use THUNDERBIRD which is supported as a mail client by gmail itself. I've been using it and had no problems so far... Leaving a copy on server is not a feature given by GMAIL.. Its a feature present on mail client like Outlook/Thunderbird you are using... If GMail does have no space problems then why are they not offering IMAP protocol instead of POP3. 19061[/snapback] Deepu, leaving a copy in your mailbox is a option provided by gmail. Goto account settings -> "pop forwarding" You'll find this setting there. Of course, the clients also have this option. I wanted to point out that gmail also has it. Also POP and IMAP are mail protocols. Whats it got to do with space? And "Nothing is service ???" Whats that supposed to mean ? A service can be free or paid. Googles "service" is "Free". What they pay their chairman is of no concern to me. They can have ads or any other means of gettting money. But as long as i can "access my mail for free", Its a "free service". oh, and thanx for the "tip" about outlook expresss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
